TWO
WATAUGA TO SAVE
MANY THOUSANDS
BY NEW TAX LAWS
As&csfed Valuation of $S,67H 521
Bore a Levy of 3? cents for Expenses
of Schools During Past
Year. Proposed levy of 15 Cents
Wo aid Reduce County's Expenditure
for Education $19,093.
Kfticngh, N. C.IStax reductions of
yearly ?lO.?H)O;O0i\ or $9,667,186, to
b* exact, \va! result ro the landowners
cI North Carolina for each of
the years of 19 '1 'J and 1932-26 uoder
the revenue bill which is r?.N< :it
through th- General Assembly, according
to a table;, of figures preparer!
by the State Tax Commission.
Th's table shows that on the assess*
: valuation f $2;97S,719,226
for the year 19';o >n the whole .State,
the 100 counties had a total tax* levy
of $l4yl A 1 for current expenses
of .-choc-is j>h the same assessed vai
rate the total eyy will be > ^U"?S,
by wnich It if s on v.har ;he
f-.'Jcvy fov the i'c.\t -two voim:s will be
*tVj'>7.1<Sb Jess than in I'd 3 9.
Watauga County, the report shows,
pad ?n assessed valuation -n lb 30
< ! SS.G7S.u21; ?>n which the tax rate
was 37 cents for current expenses
for the six months schoe! term which
made the tax leCy for this county
$32,111. The proposed 1 o-ceht levy
on the same valuation basis wil! mean
$13.0IS in taxes in 1931 and 1932.
or a reduction for this cniintv of
-.09:-:.
"this aVfeunte it is pointed out, will
be rcfle.-ied appreciably in the tax
. bill of the individual Lax pay or in every
county in the State.
Two Are Saved From
Burning Lenoir Hotel
Lenoir, X. (f^--Firemhn rescued
Russeli Presneii and Bill Ingram from
nun n f t h?. AUft^f. b?cinc.$c diet !'!<'*.
fires in the hist'-ry of Lenoir as the
blaze wtefSSBBnt the Gateway Hotel
and badly damaged the Gateway Cafe
at 2:30 o'clock- Friday morning. The
damage is estimated Ai. SltVJOO.
Pivsne'l. owner pi th% norol and
M. and Ingram. oit:p!o>\?c or tni
cafe; wpre tvaplied in tb?a second
story. Firemen -place;! a laddef tor
the t\yo men to make ibejv escape.
The cause of the fifv remained imId
snive l. The blaze was discovered by
Night Pojiocinari Walsh, who t urhed
in ihv a!dv3g Tbjo^fiiv gained considerable
headway and threatened to
wreck the" etitiiv b?,sV5^ss~ Aifocky wi?
ft re firemen, fightmg far five bdurs;
completely subdued it.
A second alarm occurred ar A:oh
o'clock when the shTyuld.orin.g ruins
flared up for the second time. |r-3
Plans for rohni'.di/m- tUd hotel were
annparcecl by Prer-neit, owner of the
building.
MASONIC NOTICE
Risgular Ct mniuriication oi
ffi Watauga Lcigc No. 273,
M A. r. & A. M? FRIDAY,
e/(JjWM.\Y 2:trh, i} o'clock p. m.
Election i Yticers. A!!
A. K. SMITH, v.". M.
GORDON H. 'WINKLER,
Secretary.
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GiARi
Itviiuee
I and Xi'ir #
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Join us in the General Electric Prof
on a nation-vi
GENERAL |
ALL-.STEEL R
Apartment House aod Coauaer
NORTHWEST GARO
BLOWING
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| New Ki^vanis^ Head^ ^
Wiili?.rn G Harris. \sj% An; . !<c>
banker and executive of the j^Ktona?
Thrift Corporation, Rains additional
| honor.
22 MANUFACTURING
PLANTS IN COUNTY
Turit Out Product Valued at $204,928.
Ill Wage Earners Are
Employed. F o rsj'th Leads
the State in Industry.
j Tt&Ieigh. K. C.-?Watauga County
had a lota I ?if 22 inanu.fact tiring
n*h?eh turned out
i in value oj nwinutactared
i ' during tile year 1929. acco'dtng
tn a table just issued by
! the North Carolina Department of
; l> rvati or. nnd Development.
: The average number <?f wage earn;
t.? employed for the war In those
j plan*.- was 111 and the total wages
j unrJuuuai to -jro.iia. X nc CUM
of mutfSn&js luid fuel and the purchased
current used vas $9i>,o7? and
th<? plants of the county used *"?i
l?sepower of electricity during the
i year, the report showed
Forsyth led the State in value of
manufactured products, more than
! doubling its nearest competitor, Dur:
ham, \yh]lc Rockinehani was third, all
! engaged in the Sfariuiacture of to!
haccu products. Guilford led in t-rtm;
her of waive earner-. Gaston was secj
end and Forsyth third.
CIiASE NATlONAL. RANK
REDUCES INTEREST RATE
N. v. vm;>. The wo.vldts tai-gost
bank. Chase National -6T New York,
j announced Friday that rffcouvc on
i-funo 1. W would reduce- the in teres l
! paid -m ;?<> in pound inf.e*-tw*, or sav1
intrs, account, to 2 ptfv cent. annual;
ly from the present rate of '? pet
cept., compounded monthly.
rj Ttps step loTfoVv^d TKut^dKy's aii
I noumomeat that New York champ?
'house banks were reducing vatcsalj
j h?wir.g t?Ti commercia! and^jgiiik
posits, by,.Half of' ?.ne per eout. to tni
! lowest levyls on 'record, and was re
jgarded tis*' par*. of the campa&u tc
deflect surplus, funds from bank;I
which-already find it difficult to tin
i plby money at current ]ow, interest
\ fedKftsSi* . 'vaSBM .-.-5
pni-3" .?wPj
Mutual .savings banks in New \ or*
fjpity five nowpaying from 4 to '1-2
\ per of-ni. The rise its saving* <je];o?
jits i7! New York State* so fav this
' year has. been larger than the in
j iVi'fase vtbt*v
Ftfte'eir c'ars of sweet potatoes have
;lbcer> - soW Coo\)z ra lively by B e a w f o 11
jGoitoty LTi.w.t- tViis spring to no
j them r,nc dollar a bushel above th<
j package
| YEAR
1NTEE
mmm " .
d Prices
lefin em en is
TOW a full 3 Years* Wax^
ranty goes to every pur- If #
isserof a General Electric
efrigerator. At the same
me you willbcnefitby new low prices
!us many refinements. Before >ou
ly, check General Electric advangea
point by point. Note the all-steel
ibinet with special porcelain lining
tat resists fruit acids ? new sliding
lelves?an hermetically sealed dustroof
mechanism?accessible fasteezing
control?three distinct *ones
f cold ? greater food storage space.
rhy not have a General Electric Heigcrator
now? Let us demonstrate
le money-saving features.
own payments as o -wm
low as... * I mm
24 manths to pay)
mam, broadcaat ermry Satardayl*vening.
da y.B. C netucrk
P ELECTRIC
EFBIGERATOR
3?] Refrigerator* ? Electric Wuer Cooler*
UNA UTILITIES, Inc.
ROCK, N. C.
THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?E>
?=
Today and
Tomorrow
By FRANK P. STOC KBKIDGE
Wheat
Ray Long, editor of CesmopdUiar
Magazine, who has jusi returned from
Russia, in a speech the other day pre
dieted that we would never see wheat
again a-t as high as a dollar a bashel
Wheats* importance in the ecouom
ic scheme of things ; d ic to the fact
that it is cheaply stored-and shipper
and can be kept . h >m Seasor
to season. When the United State:
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\vas su?i 3 pioneer :iu .m iim? u?
great wheat areas of feissia, ikuitl
America and Australia were till un
developed;, \vheaf \\a profitabh
crop in this counti\\ Today it is fai
from being our imp rtant crop
Minnesota, the greatest Hour milling
- and once ' pn wheal
producer. raised >J 1.000.000 wort I
of wheat in !S2'9. a fairly nornia
year, but so'.ci b\12f*,000,000 worth oJ
butter.
The Jcrsanvl for dairy. hog ant
poultry ^pdncts is grawing; thai
; wheat is diminishing. it I were
u wheat farmer 1 would put my laru
into some other kind of crops or sel
i ami pocket the loss.
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Movies - ?.
All of the protests against the rep
j'^fecntations of crone and vice in th<.
; movies seem to have had ivo appro
ciable effect.
| "Two (C row ley, New York';
jj latest "cop killer,7' ar. undersized
undeveloped boy of twenty, has ad
r.ii?tod that he get the idea of being
a "bad man" from the movies.
"Gangster" films are worse thai
crime stories in the newspapers, be
cause they reach the immature mint
that does not read the papers. Chil
. then cannot discriminate botweci
right and wrong, and the gunman
even though shown as a crimina
i meeting a bad end. seems like a hev?
Don
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Kahili
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Now! Please! ?
on your Adam
Adam's Apple?
tually touching
voice box ?It ci
When you con:
you are consid
vocal chords. Di
harsh irritant^ ?
? Remember, L
cigarette in Am
elusive "TOASTI
tain harsh irritc
baccos. These e
to manufacture]
They are not
STRIKE, and so
Adam's Apple/'
ii \y
TUNE IN- Iflj
The Lucky Strike
Dance Orchestra, mj
every Tuesday,
T hur%dayand
Saturday evening \0
over N. B. C. no \
ivories* *
iKRY THCR30AY? BOONE. N. C.
to many o| them.
X?.* : "k
Electrification
!-; One vi 11 y tarjeer neighbor? h: the;
I Becfokuv Hills of Massachusetts,
j Major Hugh Smiley of Great Barj:
rmgton. is making a lest of alt of the!
ji possibilities t-f er.ectdeity or? they,
farm.
Major Smiley"? hens- work as- Icngi
| hours- in winter as ihc-yi <io in sam-j
i: Wj&fc because the hen-beasts, are!
i.lighted by tl tricity. N'w he has in-i
-staged electric sun lamps in the con-1
Ptcvele barn where his prize he:d of j
rj'H'oisteUs '<? housed. in r to uivei
.!mfc (kittle the benefit of the ultra !
pEv/oIet rays in the vinicr. as v.vii as
?i in the summer.
, It may take -everal years "f ex -11
r! perience before the exact value of;
. farm electrification is (intermitted, 1
j M?ut <: is Major Smiley's belief thatbj
electric power is not only cheaper
.; thar. man power, but more efficient.
'and that the use of electric lights of
various ty pes makes his hens lay bet- :
, jicr. his cows protiucv more milk ami I
[ I kejips his livestock in bettc* health, j
1 Graft
Aw s ding: to the trade paper High:
way Engineer and Contractor, mil-!
' lions of dollars are - xpended annually
: v c< mpanies man ifacturing- highj
| v;a:.' 'machinery ami materia'- "o ffl,
fiuer.ee i oui'/ty mmissionbrs aitn j
others having control of highway!
work tc select certain types <>f
and pavements for instruction or'
maintenance machinery ami mate-'
rials.
? Sti^K paym?t jits to public officials |
. ari gai l< 1 in some? business circles'
as "lawful graft." They are uishon5
est because such bribes arc added to
j the cost of the j'l? and conic out <?f
- She- pockets of the taxpayers. and also
r because they may and ?fden do result
in-a popv job. which will soon
i have ;<> be done over again?again
- at the taxpayers' expense.
1 II would be int ' w ing if -ome live
- newspaper in every county in the:
i United Stat | Should start an im
. quiiv as to how much "lawful graft"!
1 its ical ' ffi<*ials vc rot eived from
1> naviBR. coBtrattoi^
i
t't Rasp
rith Hai
ach for a
KY instead"
Actually put your finger
's Apple. Touch it? your
Do you knew you are actsoiar
lorvnw 9 ? Tl*5c ? vaisi?
jntains your vocal chords. j
>ider your Adam's Apple, *
!ering your throat?your f||i
jn't rasp your throat with f
Reach for a LUCKY instead 1
UCKY STRIKE is the only ^
erica that through its exING"
process expels cerints
present in all raw toxpelled
irritants are sold
-s of chemical compounds,
present in your LUCKY
we say "Consider your
t
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mm
Ite^T^Co \
' Mfrt* " 2
y;When!
was "i : :n .Ww Eiiclar.d '
it v.is i?ti:i the t-astnhi i?i aiavjit >U
?-jral families, and pr dv/oiy in the;
citu > as well, fo dose att rr.e ch dr?*M
?(i; days v\cry spring with liberal'
taMespconinls of a mixture of :u!(pbui
auU
For a generation or so medical men
have laughed a: the old Vsprrng? tonic"
.lea. -Vot medics? science hr.i
wscovJied that this is :uio*.her of the
?4?-c*iHed foik myths that has so'id
bajisi of truth back of it. Our finnd-i
parents were trroiic ?ri thinking that,
sulphur \v9.s the essential cart uf the 1
mixture^ but they were rij?ht in the.
i-ica that "brimstone and treacle"
had a tonic eficrt. It was the iron in;
the molasses that did it, accord'rut io
Or. Waltco H. Eddy.
Xow i\t- keen cu?* children outgaj-i
doors in the svr.shine a5 much as poswamsm
Under severest factory tests th
Ckanru
CHRISTIAN TIN & META1
LET SCIENTIFIC FARM METHOD?
youi Cufamj
i Your
"irsto
Including the use of
Sunshine Mellows
rourThroot Protection?ogair
'
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winter and summer, art) those j6;
EE
rays generated : "
fcj :city. so thai the need ci' a split#;
ismra;.- set as great as it \vj - Ant?
w'e? rav- oeveinpeil pieasanlot ways
61 takirit iron into the system v. hen'
we do need it.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES
HAVE HEAVY SNOWFALL
IVr.vei. Colo.? Snow ranirini.- frr.ni
a ttaee to neaiiy two feet til depth
hinnbeted parts of the tnoantain
states inst Fhutsday.
Rain and srow which liejstn itiil'i
r Tuesday in most of V,">ointiig.
Colorado and Montana and parts 1
New Mexico was expected to p:
sis nii/nodinte heoci'.t to crops in the
jprouml and eliminate the accer :y
foe early irrigation.
f | * n j ^ ^}.>i i a ?jaB
is roofing proved water tight
?Mrain
OVED ROOFING
-R-LOY?The Copper-Alloyed Steer
:ro for rou to sec for yourself. It has feature*
inable to sncyou leak.-proof. firr-pioof and
rutection for jour builninfts. Lifr-time protusc
t Ihannelurain is made of COF-F-LOY.
I. an J coated with pute z?oc by the famous
>. liasy to rut on. Pri(d arc rigbtL
WORKS, Boone, N. C.
> ENABLE YOU IO SAVE MONEY
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Ultra Violet Rays
?Heat Purifies
ist irritation-against cough